Shaving compound applicator



Dec. 13, 1960 e. P. DAVIS SHAVING COMPOUND APPLICATOR Filed Feb. 5, 1958 Inventor GERVASE P DAVIS by: 640M471.

Patent Agent "tinned States Patent SHAVING COMPOUND APPLICATOR Gervase Peveril Davis, 1095 Glencairn Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Filed Feb. 5, 1958, Ser. No. 713,464

3 Claims. (Cl. '15--1Q4) This invention relates to a shaving compound applicator adapted to apply wet or dry shaving compound to the face or other portion of the body of a person.

Shaving compound applicators at present in use comprise mainly a brush for applying the lather of a shaving soap to the skin and hair of a beard to condition the heard for shaving with the standard fixed-blade razor. Other compounds in the forms of a shaving cream or foam dispensed from containers are rubbed into the skin by hand.

Dry shaving compounds for use with electric shavers, to permit smooth operation and beard conditioning, are almost invariably applied to the face by hand causing excessive spillage and resultant waste. The existing means of applying shaving compounds do not permit penetration of the compound within the cuticula of the beard to soften and swell the beard or hair at the point of its emergence from the skin. whether through the use of the conventional blade-type razor or the electric razor tends to irritate the skin of a person particularly if the beard is of a heavy wiry nature.

None of the existing applicators provides a means of massaging the face prior to shaving to increase circulation and to activate individual hairs of the beard to a satisfactory position for cutting thereof.

It is a main object of the invention to provide ashaving compound applicator adapted to apply wet or dry shaving compound to the face or other parts of the body of a person.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an applicator which is adapted to urge the wet or dry shavin compound to permit close shaving with either a conventional blade-type razor or an electric razor.

It is another object of the invention to provide an applicator which in addition to applying a shaving compound is further adapted to massage the face of the person.

It is another object of the invention to provide a shaving compound applicator which is adjustably adapted to conform to the length of hair to be shaved.

With the foregoing and otherobjects in View the invention generally concerns a shaving compound.applicator having a main body portion and a face plate having a plurality of openings therethrough, a plurality of studs or extending pegs formed integrally with the main body portion, each of said studs being spaced and slidably engageable within a corresponding opening in said face plate and means adjustably locking the studs or pegs within the openings in the face plate to present openings or sockets in said face plate, closed at one end, said openings or sockets having a variable depth.

The foregoing and other objects will be satisfied by a perusal of the following specification and drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the main portions of the device.

The resultant shave 2,963,724 Patented Dec. 13, 1960 Figure 2 is a view in perspective to a reduced scale indicating a portion of the adjusting means.

Figure 3 is a section of the device shown in Figure 1 along the line 3--3.

Referring to the drawings, the applicator comprises a body portion 10 including a generally hexagonal surface member 11 and a milled hand gripping portion 12. The surface portion 11, at its outer surface remote from the hand gripping portion, contains a series of outwardly extending studs or pegs 13 in spaced apart relationship and disposed symmetrically about the outer face of the surface portion 11.

A face plate 14 containing bores or apertures defined by walls 15 cut therethrough in a manner to provide hexagonal openings, is adapted for disposition such that the extending studs or pegs 13 of surface portion 11 may be slidably inserted within the hexagonal openings of the face plate.

The face plate has affixed thereto a shaft 16 located substantially centrally on a flat surface of said face plate either formed integrally therewith or fastened by means of a screw, or other suitable means. The shaft 16 has a threaded portion 17 extending to the end of the shaft remote from the face plate.

A cap 18 having an internally threaded bore 19 adapted to receive the threaded portion 17 of shaft 16 includes a reduced portion 20 formed to provide a flange 21 of flexible plastic material such as polyethylene. The entire device is preferably formed of this material because of its smooth, non-irritating qualities, and its capability of use in die casting.

The hand gripping portion 12 contains an internal bore 22 adapted to receive shaft 16 therethrough. The end of the gripping portion remote from the end containing studs 13 contains an enlarged bore 23, concentric with bore 22, particularly defined by an inwardly extending shoulder 24 having a diameter substantially less than that of flexible flange 21.

The edge of surface portion 11 is bounded by walls 25 to form a hexagonal enclosure for studs or pegs 13, said walls being spaced from the outer studs and extending a distance substantially equal to the length of the studs to permit adjustable insertion of the face plate within the walls 25 and over the studs 13 to position the latter Within the corresponding openings of the face plate 14 as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3.

The order surface of shoulder 24 is adapted to engage a surface of cap 13 substantially as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the cap having an external pointer or indicator 26 adapted to describe an arc upon rotation of the cap in engagement with the outer surface of the shoulder 24.

The edges bordering the hexagonal face plate 14 contain V-shaped notches 27 cut or formed thereinto in the spaces between the hexagonal holes of the face plate as clearly indicated in Figure 1.

In operation, to prepare the device for use cap 13 is forced into engagement with hand gripping portion 12 by forcing the flexible flange 21 over shoulder 24 for disposition within the extended bore 23 such that easy removal thereof is prevented by engagement of the flange with the narrow shoulder portion 24. Inner surface of cap 18 and indicator 25 slidably engage the outer surface of hand gripping portion 12 permitting free rotation of the cap upon said surface while the cap is retained in position through action of the flange and the shoulder as described. Shaft 16 is inserted within the bore 22 of hand gripping portion 12 from the end adjacent studs 13. The face plate 14 is rotated before contact thereof with studs 13 to align the holes or apertures with the corresponding studs 13 of surface portion 11. Upon alignment the face plate is inserted within the threaded portion 17 of shaft 16 for contact of the threaded portion 17 with the internal bore 19 of cap 18 until the threaded portion of' the shaft engages "the threaded portion of the cap. Upon rotating cap 18 the respective threads are caused to engage and sincethe cap is held in position as explained above, the face plate walled portion 25 and over studs 13 to extend the H 4 is controllably drawn towards the studs for insertion thereof Within the holes of the face plate to form a series of closed ended sockets on the outer surface of the face plate.

Thus it may be seen that upon engagement of the studs fully within the holes of the face plate 14 to a present an unindented surface, the face plate may be controllably positioned by rotating cap 18 in the opposite direction, forcing the shaft in a direction towards the studs and forcing the face plate to an outward position substantially as indicated in Figure 3 in which the r depth of the holes is determined by the distance between the outer surface of the face plate and the outer surfaces of the studs 13.

A person skilled in' the art may construct the threads of the shaft and the cap having a pitch such that a pre determined amount of rotation of the cap as indicated by the pointer 26 will move the face plate to increase the depth of the holes or sockets to correspond to the average daily length of growth of the hair of a beard.

To apply a shaving compound whether it be of the cream, foam or dry variety, the compound is inserted within the holes which have been adjusted in depth to correspond with the length of growth of the beard and the device is applied to the face in a circular motion such that the face plate lies parallel to the face, the hairs of be seen that upon adjusting the depth of the holes to correspond with the length of hair of the beard only an amount of compound need be inserted within the'holes, sufficient to soften a heard of a given length forming a means of conserving shaving compound.

During application of the device to the face, an 'alternating increase and decrease of pressure of application produces a partial vacuum and subsequent dissipation of vacuum which variations in pressure tend toforce the shaving compound between the individual hair and apply shaving compound to portions of the beard not reached by existing methods and in addition to form an apparatus particularly adapted to massage the face while preparing the heard to the optimum position for cutting by a razor.

I t will be recognized that the foregoing presents a disclosure of a preferred embodiment of the invention and that other embodiments may be easily devised within the scope of the invention.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A shaving compound applicator having a main body portion, the combination therewith of: a face plate having a plurality of openings of predetermined depth therethrough; a plurality of solid studs formed integrally with the main body portion, said studs being spaced and adapted to be individually slidably engageable with a corresponding opening in said face plate and having a length corresponding to' said depth; a shaft centrally located on and fastenedtov a surface of the face plate; means within said body portion to permit passage of the shaft therethrough; an external thread on said shaft located toward the free end thereof; a cap having a centrally located internal bore said bore being threaded and adapted to engagethe external thread on said shaft; and a flexible flange on said cap to retain said cap in pressure engagement with the said means within said vbody portion upon engagement of the threads of the shaft with the threads of the internal bore of the cap.

2. In a shaving compound applicator having a main body portion, the combination therewith of: a face plate having a plurality of hexagonally openings of predetermined depth therethrough; a corresponding plurality of hexagonal studs formed integrally with the main body portion and spaced for slidable reception in the openings of 'said face plate, said studs having a length corresponding to said depth; means co-operating with said main 'body portion and said face plate to adjustably locate the 'said studs being spaced apart, each stud being adapted to be individually slidably engageable with the corresponding opening in said face plate and having a length corresponding to said depth; a shaft having end portions, said shaft through one end thereof being centrally located on and fastened to a surface of the face plate; means in the form of a bore within said body portion for passage of the shaft therethrough; and means engageable with said shaft to adjustably retain said shaft and said face plate in co-operation with the main body portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,110,368 France Oct. 12, 1955 

